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The Man Who Invented the Ocean Liner
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born on 9 April 1806. Among his many other accomplishments, Brunel…
The Day Queen Mary’s Captain Wept
A newspaper clipping from 22 September 1967: Queen Mary has that effect on people. To…
Titanic Survivor Madeleine Force Astor
Titanic survivor Madeleine Force Astor died at age 46 in Palm Beach, Florida, on 27…
Joseph Groves Boxhall, Titanic’s Fourth Officer
Joseph Groves Boxhall, Titanic’s fourth officer, was born on 23 March 1884 in Hull, England.…
Churchill’s Ships
Sir Winston Churchill sailed on many different ocean liners during his long and illustrious life,…
Thomas Andrews-Titanic Designer
One of the most tragic figures in ocean liner history was born on 7 February…
Film: Churchill’s Last Queen Mary Voyage
Sir Winston Churchill passed away on 24 January 1965. We remember the great man with…
Harold Bride — Titanic Wireless Operator
Harold Sydney Bride, Titanic’s heroic junior wireless telegraph operator, was born on 11 January 1890…
Nellie Bly Boards Oceanic (1871)
Journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, traveling under the pseudonym Nellie Bly, boarded White Star Line’s Oceanic…
J. Florence Ismay — Dedicated Wife
On 31 December 1963, a Titanic victim who wasn’t even on board the doomed liner…